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School is just around the corner and summer has flown by so fast. But it's already time to think about going back to school. Got your supplies yet? How about new clothes? Do you have money saved up to get all your school needs? How should you prepare yourself to tackle this coming year without too much fuss and without breaking your budget? Once you get your supplies list from school, don't hesitate. Start checking things off the list by collecting items you already have lying around the house, like boxes of tissues, wet wipes, leftover spiral notebooks, even pens.

Week of Nov. 12, 1956 Have you ever wondered what you would save in a year's time if you cashed in all the grocery, soap and other types of coupons you receive in packages and through the mail? Well, by talking to a checker in one of our supermarkets, we found out that one of the store's customers who uses coupons regularly told her that he kept an accurate check all during 1955 and that the coupons amounted to exactly $15. The prices of bread and rolls of at least one large bakery serving Hagerstown trade will be increased on Monday, it was announced today.

Just when you thought you had heard it all, another athlete opens his mouth. ... Latrell Sprewell of the Minnesota Timberwolves (did you know I'd be talking about an NBA player?) is apparently offended by a contract offer he received from the team that would reportedly pay him $9 million per year. By now, we're not surprised when an overpaid professional athlete complains about how hard it is to be him. So, the idea that Sprewell is insulted by such a paltry offer is not necessarily noteworthy here.

By E.T. MOORE FAIRFIELD, Pa. - If you'd like to take a leisurely drive while viewing some of the best scenery the Tri-State area has to offer, consider making a trip to Carroll Valley Resort, where you can top off your evening with satisfying entrees. We journeyed there on a recent Saturday night and were surprised to find the large parking lot full. It was good that we had reservations, we both thought, wondering if the wait would be long regardless. After entering the resort, we saw members of a wedding party posing for photos and realized the reason for all the vehicles.

andrear@herald-mail.com Hagerstown's Municipal Stadium will sizzle with hot chili and live music on Saturday at the Hagerstown Suns Chili Cook-off & Music Festival. The Suns and the Community Free Clinic have partnered to host the event from noon to 8 p.m. Sept. 25. All proceeds will benefit the downtown Hagerstown clinic, which serves Washington County residents without medical insurance, said the clinic's interim executive director, Robin Roberson. "We're really, really excited," she said.

andrews@herald-mail.com The average wallet (or keychain) is loaded with discount cards - one for the grocery store, another for the gas station, one for the drug store. There may be other cards for airlines or hotels. Giant Food Stores spokesman Denny Hopkins and Weis Markets spokesman Dennis Curtin said that about 80 percent to 90 percent of their shoppers use discount cards when they buy groceries. Not everyone has conceded this new lifestyle, though. Some people reject loyalty cards as nothing but a way to gather personal information about them and monitor what they buy. One such activist group is called Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion And Numbering, or CASPIAN.

The Washington County Commission on Aging Senior Nutrition Services Program will distribute Farmers' Market Coupon Checks Thursday at the three Hagerstown senior sites - Alexander House, Potomac Towers and Walnut Towers - and at the four county sites upon request. The coupon checks are free for seniors older than 60 based on need. The coupons may be used to receive fresh fruits and vegetables. Seniors applying for the coupons must show proof of age, and may use a driver's license, birth certificate or other identification that has name, address and date of birth.

Editor's note - Please be as brief as possible when calling Mail Call, The Daily Mail's reader call-in line. Mail Call is not staffed on weekends or holidays so it is best to call Mail Call during the week. The Mail Call number is 301-791-6236. You are welcome to leave a recorded message on any subject, but some calls will be screened out. Here are some of the calls we have received lately: "In response to the person with the Raleigh coupons. They are no longer accepting those coupons.